Ice-creeper.



F. W. LAKE.

ICE CREEPER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 12. 1916.

Patented Dec. 12, 1916.

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FRANCIS WILBUR LAKE, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO WILLIAM E. CI-IACE, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

IGE-CREEPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 112, 11.916.

Application filed February 12, 1916. Serial No. 77,997.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANois WILBUR LAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Creepers, of which I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part of this specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an extremely simple, cheap and effective construction of ice creeper that can be readily attached for use and quickly detached and conveniently carried when not 11']. use.

My invention consists in the features of novelty hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ice creeper embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view in section on line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the adjustable guide plate through which the members of the strap pass. Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing a shoe with my invention applied thereto.

My improved ice creeper, in its preferred form, comprises two metal plates A and B that are secured upon opposite sides of an attaching strap C by means of rivets D that pass through the plates and the strap. The rivets D have conical heads (Z to form a grip to prevent the wearer from slipping, and the reduced upper shanks of the rivets are expanded within countersunk holes in the top plate 13 so as to afford an easy bearing against the sole of the shoe. The members 0, c of the strap C are crossed and pass through a metal guide E. Preferably, this guide consists of a central portion having upper and lower loops 0, 6 through which the members 0, 0' of the strap pass, respectively. The ends of the strap G are connected together by suitable fastenings such, for example, as a buckle F.

\Vhen my improved ice creeper is to be applied, the metal guide E will be adjusted toward or from the metal plates A and B in order that the loop formed by the portions of the strap in front of the guide shall nicely fit across the shoe of the wearer. The ends of the strap will then be passed around the heel, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawing, and will be fastened. The metal guide E not only has the advantage of enabling the strap to be adjusted according to the size of the shoe upon which the creeperis to be worn, but the guide also allows the easy sliding of the strap members upon each other, as the wearer bends his foot in walking. Not only does my invention form an extremely simple and effective ice creeper to prevent slipping, but when not in use the parts are of such shape that they can be readily wrapped into a very small compass for convenient carriage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An ice creeper comprising an attaching strap having cross members, a plate con nected to the under side of said strap and adapted to extend across the sole of the shoe, said plate being provided with downwardly projecting points, an adjustable guide loop through which the crossed members of said attaching strap pass, and means for fastening the ends of said strap together.

2. An ice creeper comprising an attaching strap having crossed members, plates ar ranged upon opposite sides of said strap, rivets having shanks passing through said plates and strap and serving to connect said parts together and having pointed lower ends, and an adjustable guide having loops through which the crossed members of said attaching strap pass.

FRANCIS WILBUR LAKE.

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